In cross-cultural perspective there are always two different positions, cultural relativism and universalism. In Jack Donnelly’s Cultural Relativism and Universal Human Right, he offers a persuasive basis of universal human right and negative side of cultural relativism, which he arrives, his position towards universalism, but he fails to examine the problem of his stands on universalism.
The core of Donnelly’s Cultural Relativism and Universal Human engages with perspective on the idea of human right with universalism, which takes reader to examine foundation of human rights. By providing his own theory of human rights, he makes an approach in human rights need to be internationally systemized into western or non-western human rights. Donnelly …show more content…
In Lila Abu-Lughod, “Do Muslim women need saving? “ makes a good positions on mean to engage the difference with non-state actors and engaging the difference. She focus on the transition with Muslim women be assisted with Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) or with Iran as country in which they example as making progress in women gaining voice within an Islamic framework. (Abu-Lughod 788) This is clear example how cultural could co-exist with human rights solution. This shows Muslim women freeing them selves from the structural violence of global inequality and the ravages of war also help of non-state actor such as RAWA. Muslim didn’t have accept of being means being Western and believe that Western women should be respectful of other paths to social change such as living in a close family, in a godly way, without war, might be more valued than any idea of ‘liberty’ or ‘freedom’. Furthermore, as stated by Abu-Lughod we need to “be most careful about in thinking about Third World feminisms, and feminism in different parts of the Muslim world.” (Abu-Lughod 789) As means of understanding and assistant Third World we should not fall into perception that only western feminism existence. Knowledge that there is different level degree even within the Muslim feminism is important and we should “be aware of differences, respectful of other paths toward social change that might give better lives”. (Abu Lughod 788) As Donnelly stated that human rights are literally the rights everyone has simply on account of being human, then they must be universal by definition but how can this complex issue just be faced with the notion of human
The core of Donnelly’s Cultural Relativism and Universal Human engages with perspective on the idea of human right with universalism, which takes reader to examine foundation of human rights. By providing his own theory of human rights, he makes an approach in human rights need to be internationally systemized into western or non-western human rights. Donnelly …show more content…
In Lila Abu-Lughod, “Do Muslim women need saving? “ makes a good positions on mean to engage the difference with non-state actors and engaging the difference. She focus on the transition with Muslim women be assisted with Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) or with Iran as country in which they example as making progress in women gaining voice within an Islamic framework. (Abu-Lughod 788) This is clear example how cultural could co-exist with human rights solution. This shows Muslim women freeing them selves from the structural violence of global inequality and the ravages of war also help of non-state actor such as RAWA. Muslim didn’t have accept of being means being Western and believe that Western women should be respectful of other paths to social change such as living in a close family, in a godly way, without war, might be more valued than any idea of ‘liberty’ or ‘freedom’. Furthermore, as stated by Abu-Lughod we need to “be most careful about in thinking about Third World feminisms, and feminism in different parts of the Muslim world.” (Abu-Lughod 789) As means of understanding and assistant Third World we should not fall into perception that only western feminism existence. Knowledge that there is different level degree even within the Muslim feminism is important and we should “be aware of differences, respectful of other paths toward social change that might give better lives”. (Abu Lughod 788) As Donnelly stated that human rights are literally the rights everyone has simply on account of being human, then they must be universal by definition but how can this complex issue just be faced with the notion of human